Embedded Posts
by Cooperative IT · Blocks
Display related posts, pages or CPTs by category, tag or author - or embed any single post, page or CPT anywhere on your site.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
+167%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “custom post type”, “gutenberg” and “related posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
83 health vs 71 average across 2,524 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 3.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,579 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 9 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 2 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
10%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| embedded posts | #1 | #16 | 0 |
| embedded | #2 | #19 | 0 |
| similar related posts | #21 | #24 | up 3 |
| custom post type your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gutenberg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| related posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| single post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “custom post type”, “gutenberg” and “related posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- Already on top for “embedded posts” and “embedded”. #1 and #2 without listing them. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 8 Mar 2024 · 967 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 484 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
9
releases in the last 12 months
2d ago
latest release · v1.2.9 · 29 Oct 2026
24
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 50.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 109 days.
Install history since 7 Mar 2024
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display related posts, pages or CPTs by category, tag or author - or embed any single post, page or CPT any..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "if you want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 18 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 8,377 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 40+ → 50+ up after 67 days in tier
- 2026-08-15 30+ → 40+ up after 96 days in tier
- 2026-05-11 40+ → 30+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 30+ → 40+ up after 172 days in tier
- 2025-10-26 20+ → 30+ up after 85 days in tier
- 2025-08-02 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-07-30 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-29 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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eRecht24 Legal Texts 50K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Shortcode Redirect 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Related Posts 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Same Category Posts 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Animated Headline 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Classic Editor 8M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
Embed this report card
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